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\Stive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stiving}.] [Probably fr. F. estiver to compress, stow, L. stipare: cf. It. stivare, Sp. estivar. Cf. {Stevedore}, {Stiff}.] To stuff; to crowd; to fill full; hence, to make hot and close; to render stifling. --Sandys. His chamber was commonly stived with friends or suitors of one kind or other. --Sir H. Wotton.
\Stive\, v. i. To be stifled or suffocated.
\Stive\, n. The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding. --De Colange.

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